From one Southern food concept to another, The Pear “A Southern Bistro” is taking over the former Rotisserie & Wine space in downtown Napa, slated for an end-of-the-year opening, as first reported in Diablo.

Rodney Worth. Photo: Facebook

Rather than the more modern South creations from R&W chef -owner Tyler Florence (which closed last winter for a hiatus before making the closure permanent in June), the new Pear looks like it will stick closer to simpler comfort food, offering chicken and dumplings, gumbo, crawfish, fried chicken & waffles and such, served all day.

Pear chef-owner Rodney Worth also owns The Peasant and The Pear as an upscale California-Mediterranean restaurant in Danville, with The Peasant’s Courtyard and The Little Pear as informal spin-offs in Alamo and Danville, respectively.

If for some reason Southern cooking still doesn’t cut it in the Napa neighborhood, Worth has other cuisines he could turn to: he also owns The Prickly Pear Cantina and Ferrari’s Cucina Italiana restaurants in Danville.
· Previously: Tyler Florence’s Rotisserie & Wine won’t reopen in Napa [Inside Scoop]